[MPlayer-dev-eng] Fwd: Re: [gnu.org #15276] MPlayer GPL Violation

[auto33187 at hushmail.com]

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We're not copyright holders on MPlayer, so we can't do anything about
this.  But we're happy to work with the MPlayer copyright holders to fix
the problems.  Please let them know this.

On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 20:15, auto33187 at hushmail.com via RT wrote:
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> FYI:
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> There is a company called helius (http://www.helius.com/) that has taken the mplayer source code and modified it and is now selling it as proprietary software for multicast video on demand.
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> Check it out: http://www.helius.com/products/hva.html
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> It doesn't mention mplayer in the tech specs, but it uses a hacked-up version of mplayer for playback.  There "chief scientist" has admitted as much but seems to think that a "substantial rewrite" of the mplayer code makes it proprietary, thus negating the GPL...
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> Interesting logic.
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> Other issues:
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> - - None of the original copyright notices are displayed in the "new" product.
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> - - The source code is not distributed and does not seem to be available at the web site.
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> Regards,
> Fred Simpson
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